5. Feast of Mothers, Christmas Eve: - Dec 24th
This card shows how we can connect with the spirits of our ancestors for communion and to ask for wisdom and guidance. It is also a time for Christians to reflect on the birth of Christ.
Queen of Wands
Appropriate for connecting with mothers and thinking about motherhood.
This might be banal, but this card makes me think of all the women and mothers throughout history that GOT THINGS DONE! Through much of history, women had limited opportunity and limited power, but they still did what needed to be done, often the work that no one else wanted to do, including the daily, unceasing work of child care and home care. A man may work from sun to sun, but a woman’s work is never done.
These days we celebrate women who broke out of the restrictions and went on to do great things outside their traditional role, but I think it’s also very important to celebrate those often anonymous women, or at least anonymous to anyone outside their families, that kept the wheels of the world turning, taking care of everything from food and clothing to life and death, often to allow husbands and children to go on to do some of those great things. Behind every great man is a great woman.
I think of my father’s mother, who had ten children, TEN! That thankfully all survived childhood. She kept the home part of a family farm running through the Depression, during a war, and years beyond that. I don’t think I would have that kind of strength, but then again, you do what you have do.
I’m encouraged just thinking about the strength of all those women throughout history! And this will probably inform my meanings for the Queen of Wands from now on!
Merry Christmas, everyone!
